Why the New 'Hunger Games' Movie Is Orange and Blue

The trailer for the Hunger Games sequel (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) was released on Sunday, in which it was revealed that the film has been shot in two colors. We've broken it down shot by shot below and explained the reason why this keeps happening:

So we start off with the Lionsgate logo, which has been blued for your pleasure:

Now cut to the washed-out blue crowd of this sad, blue, dystopian blue future:

BAM! The villains are watching the blue from an orange-filtered room! Worlds are colliding!

The blue hero!

The orange villain!

The bluish/gray trucks of the evil empire, perfect camouflage in this godforsaken dull blue world!

The blue peasants are revolting!

Woody Harrelson has infiltrated the orange! But whose side is he on?

The heroes watch blue citizens being oppressed through an orange curtain!

The war begins! Behold the titular orange fire of the uprising cutting through the dark blue night of oppression!

Orange words!

"Smell the hand of freedom, Captain Tealshirt!"

Orange logo!

The heroes brave the blue!

You'll remember this date because it's in orange, motherfucker!

So why the two-color approach all of a sudden? Science! As we explained last time, it's due to the color wheel:

See how teal and orange are at opposite sides? That means they're pleasing when paired together, and since these two colors are the most scientifically pleasing, Hollywood just decided that all blockbuster movies would be nothing but teal and orange from now on. After all, carefully conforming to what science says audiences find pleasing to the senses is the very definition of art.

And of course they are free to adjust the blue to washed-out gray now and then:

And now all of us can enjoy movies on the same level as colorblind dogs!